After Effects Hidden Gems

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6/7/2016

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4/15/2015

Adobe After Effects has been developed continuously for over 20 years now, meaning there are a lot of potentially useful tricks, shortcuts, and features hiding in there that you might not be aware of. Chris and Trish Meyer have used After Effects since version 1.0, making them the perfect duo to unearth these gems, polish them off, and share them with you. But this isn't some trivia contest; these are features you can put to work to save you time and learn more about what this deep motion graphics and visual effects program can do. Features that have been lurking for years will be intermixed with new ones introduced in the latest releases.

Topics include:

Setting the vertex point

Creating swarms of object

Replacing layers without losing effects and animation

Simplifying projects

Hiding layers

And more…

Skill Level Intermediate

5h 11m

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- Hi, I'm Trish Meyer.- And I'm Chris Meyer.And welcome to After Effects Hidden Gems Weekly.After Effects is now over 20 years old.That means there's a lot of features,menu items and other thingshidden inside the program that you may not be aware of.Well we're here to help you uncover those gemsand put them to use.- So what is a hidden gem?Well, it's a feature,tip or technique inside After Effectsthat might not be entirely obvious.But these can often save you a lot of time and effort.Some examples includesetting the first vertex point to decide how masksor shapes will draw on.

- [Chris] Easily creating swarms of objectswithout having to animate each one by hand.- [Trisha] Quickly replacing layerswithout losing any effects or animationyou may have already applied.- [Chris] Automatically simplifying a projectto make it easier to archiveor to hand off to another artist.- [Trisha] Hiding a layer from a final renderwithout having to remember to turn it off.Any many more as time goes on.- This course is structureda bit differently than our other courses.For one, each movie is pretty much self-contained.That means you can watch a whole bunch of movies at once,or watch one at a time in virtually any order.

Also you'll see we'll be changingour versions of softwareand what project file we're using between different movies.That doesn't matter so much either,because a lot of these gemshave been in the software for years.Now when a new gem does requirea particular version of software,such as Effects Instancing, we'll be sure to let you know.And as new gems are added in new versions of software,we'll make new moviesabout those gems and let you know about those as well.- We think this course will be usefulfor both new and experienced users alike.I mean how often have we taught a class,even an advanced class,and showed something like the alpha add mode,and someone has said,"How long has that feature been in there?"So spend five minutes whenever you have a chanceand we'll bet you'll learn something really useful.

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Q: Why can't I earn a Certificate of Completion for this course?

A: We publish a new tutorial or tutorials for this course on a regular basis. We are unable to offer a Certificate of Completion because it is an ever-evolving course that is not designed to be completed. Check back often for new movies.